Sue from SE5
@suefromse5.bsky.social
Retired, knitter, reader, volunteer,returning runner, walker (hate driving), and trying to keep fit for old age in the gym. Tracing family tree and trying to undertake a one place study of the street I grew up on, in London SE5.
Fantastic book post from Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
Thank you so much Tom, look forward to reading them.
Thank you so much Tom, look forward to reading them.
September 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Fantastic book post from Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
Thank you so much Tom, look forward to reading them.
Thank you so much Tom, look forward to reading them.
Can anyone recommend a good book on drafting patterns to fit? I'd like to do it for myself and also for the jumper I've promised my daughter. Thanks
🧶 #knitsky
🧶 #knitsky
September 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Can anyone recommend a good book on drafting patterns to fit? I'd like to do it for myself and also for the jumper I've promised my daughter. Thanks
🧶 #knitsky
🧶 #knitsky
Can anyone recommend a good book on drafting patterns to fit? I'd like to do it for myself and also for the jumper I've promised my daughter.
Thanks
#knitting 🧶
Thanks
#knitting 🧶
September 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Can anyone recommend a good book on drafting patterns to fit? I'd like to do it for myself and also for the jumper I've promised my daughter.
Thanks
#knitting 🧶
Thanks
#knitting 🧶
Just signed up for this. Hopefully interesting food for thought!
www.resonatefestival.co.uk/events/explo...
www.resonatefestival.co.uk/events/explo...
An Age-Old Question: What Does it Mean to Get Older? — Resonate Festival
Join us as we explore the topic of ageing with internationally best-selling author Carl Honoré and researchers from the University of Warwick.
www.resonatefestival.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Just signed up for this. Hopefully interesting food for thought!
www.resonatefestival.co.uk/events/explo...
www.resonatefestival.co.uk/events/explo...
Migrants didn't cut council funding. Migrants didn't cut NHS funding. Migrants didn't close youth centres. Migrants didn't sell off council houses. Migrants aren't filling our rivers with sewage.
Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants.
Don't fall for it.
Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants.
Don't fall for it.
August 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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#Fracking, let's start with some basic facts. There is a global gas market. It would not be "cheap gas".
Aside from the fact of it costing the Earth
##ClimateEmergency
www.politico.eu/article/brit...
Aside from the fact of it costing the Earth
##ClimateEmergency
www.politico.eu/article/brit...
Britain is about to start fighting over fracking again
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK think there’s hundreds of billions of pounds worth of shale gas ripe for exploiting. But are they ready for the fracking backlash?
www.politico.eu
August 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
#Fracking, let's start with some basic facts. There is a global gas market. It would not be "cheap gas".
Aside from the fact of it costing the Earth
##ClimateEmergency
www.politico.eu/article/brit...
Aside from the fact of it costing the Earth
##ClimateEmergency
www.politico.eu/article/brit...
Have been taking time this year to find out more about those in my tree who served in WW1 and WW2. "Men at War" by @luketurner.bsky.social has been excellent accompanying reading for the WW2 servicemen. Well worth a read.
#GenHour
#GenHour
July 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Have been taking time this year to find out more about those in my tree who served in WW1 and WW2. "Men at War" by @luketurner.bsky.social has been excellent accompanying reading for the WW2 servicemen. Well worth a read.
#GenHour
#GenHour
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If there is more life on a kids nit comb than a garden, we need Government to step in and end the trend. Please sign to ban domestic use of Plastic Grass
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
July 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
If there is more life on a kids nit comb than a garden, we need Government to step in and end the trend. Please sign to ban domestic use of Plastic Grass
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Just back from a visit to Osborne House and am intrigued by the family life of Victoria, Albert and their children. Any recommendations for books on the subject? TIA
#HistoryBookChat
#HistoryBookChat
June 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Just back from a visit to Osborne House and am intrigued by the family life of Victoria, Albert and their children. Any recommendations for books on the subject? TIA
#HistoryBookChat
#HistoryBookChat
Haven't needed BT customer service for ages, & now I know why others complain. I've tried 3 times to change my email address (4 if you count trying myself through my account). The bloke on chat was busy selling me a new contract, 1st woman sent the wrong link, 2nd may call back Mon if I'm lucky 🤬
June 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Haven't needed BT customer service for ages, & now I know why others complain. I've tried 3 times to change my email address (4 if you count trying myself through my account). The bloke on chat was busy selling me a new contract, 1st woman sent the wrong link, 2nd may call back Mon if I'm lucky 🤬
I've just found an ancestor involved in the D Day landings. Can anyone recommend a basic, idiots guide to the event? Thanks.
#histbookchat
#histbookchat
June 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I've just found an ancestor involved in the D Day landings. Can anyone recommend a basic, idiots guide to the event? Thanks.
#histbookchat
#histbookchat
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Next time you feel tempted to watch an AI generated funny video, think on this. AI uses a 'staggering amount' of electricity and a 'great deal' of water. Completely unsustainable.
news.mit.edu/2025/explain...
news.mit.edu/2025/explain...
Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impact
MIT News explores the environmental and sustainability implications of generative AI technologies and applications.
news.mit.edu
May 30, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Next time you feel tempted to watch an AI generated funny video, think on this. AI uses a 'staggering amount' of electricity and a 'great deal' of water. Completely unsustainable.
news.mit.edu/2025/explain...
news.mit.edu/2025/explain...
Lots of interesting talks coming up at The National Archives - online, some free, some pay as you can. Looking forward to three about Irish history Sept/Oct.
#GenHour
#GenHour
May 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Lots of interesting talks coming up at The National Archives - online, some free, some pay as you can. Looking forward to three about Irish history Sept/Oct.
#GenHour
#GenHour
This bag has been keeping the crow from his favourite perch since Sunday! It's ripped today though, so may not last much longer.
May 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This bag has been keeping the crow from his favourite perch since Sunday! It's ripped today though, so may not last much longer.
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'Heritage should play a central part of the Government’s plans to promote national renewal, following new research that shows how highly the British public value their local history.'
Link to report: www.publicfirst.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Link to report: www.publicfirst.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Press release | Media
Heritage should play a key part in the Government’s plans to promote national renewal, after new research showing how highly the public value local history.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
May 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
'Heritage should play a central part of the Government’s plans to promote national renewal, following new research that shows how highly the British public value their local history.'
Link to report: www.publicfirst.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Link to report: www.publicfirst.co.uk/wp-content/u...
The best year yet for my peony. The colour is a bit deeper in real life; they open as very dark red and then fade to a deep pink.
#Gardening
#Gardening
May 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The best year yet for my peony. The colour is a bit deeper in real life; they open as very dark red and then fade to a deep pink.
#Gardening
#Gardening
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Definitely. No thanks.
BBC News - ChatGPT AI action dolls: Concerns around the Barbie-like viral social trend - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - ChatGPT AI action dolls: Concerns around the Barbie-like viral social trend - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
ChatGPT AI action dolls: Concerns around the Barbie-like viral social trend
As online users create Barbie-like dolls of themselves, experts urge caution over AI's energy and data use.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Definitely. No thanks.
BBC News - ChatGPT AI action dolls: Concerns around the Barbie-like viral social trend - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - ChatGPT AI action dolls: Concerns around the Barbie-like viral social trend - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Saw this really enjoyable production this afternoon. I love a matinee 🎭
March 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Saw this really enjoyable production this afternoon. I love a matinee 🎭
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if you use ebay, you've been opted in to their AI training model, you can opt out here if you're in the EEA, UK or Switzerland accountsettings.ebay.co.uk/ai-preferences
Al development and training preferenceseBay Home
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March 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
if you use ebay, you've been opted in to their AI training model, you can opt out here if you're in the EEA, UK or Switzerland accountsettings.ebay.co.uk/ai-preferences
First time at the Birmingam Museum and Art Gallery today. We were there to see the wonderful Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. But the building itself is fantastic 😍, here is a photo of the tearoom.
March 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
First time at the Birmingam Museum and Art Gallery today. We were there to see the wonderful Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. But the building itself is fantastic 😍, here is a photo of the tearoom.
Could you answer this question for me please? A newspaper report from 1848 says that 10 sparrow nests were taken from 1 tree, it tallies the eggs and says that the material was used as pig litter. Were sparrows considered a nuisance? Or would this have been for egg collectors?
@rspb.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Could you answer this question for me please? A newspaper report from 1848 says that 10 sparrow nests were taken from 1 tree, it tallies the eggs and says that the material was used as pig litter. Were sparrows considered a nuisance? Or would this have been for egg collectors?
@rspb.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
Just spent the whole day transcribing data from the 1921 census after I had an idea for a local blog. Found those in the town who gave him as their employer & wanted to finish the anaysis by adding those included on his return as live in servants etc. Can I find him or his house? No!! 😩
#CensusFail
#CensusFail
January 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Just spent the whole day transcribing data from the 1921 census after I had an idea for a local blog. Found those in the town who gave him as their employer & wanted to finish the anaysis by adding those included on his return as live in servants etc. Can I find him or his house? No!! 😩
#CensusFail
#CensusFail
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“A natural oasis in the heart of Coventry”
We’re excited to be managing The Charterhouse in Coventry, a monastery founded in 1381.
As a Carthusian monastery, The Charterhouse continued growing until the dissolution of monasteries by Henry VIII in the 1530's.
Read more – https://buff.ly/3PuMcN1
We’re excited to be managing The Charterhouse in Coventry, a monastery founded in 1381.
As a Carthusian monastery, The Charterhouse continued growing until the dissolution of monasteries by Henry VIII in the 1530's.
Read more – https://buff.ly/3PuMcN1
National Trust to run Coventry's Charterhouse site
The National Trust agrees to take over the day-to-day running of Coventry's Charterhouse.
buff.ly
January 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“A natural oasis in the heart of Coventry”
We’re excited to be managing The Charterhouse in Coventry, a monastery founded in 1381.
As a Carthusian monastery, The Charterhouse continued growing until the dissolution of monasteries by Henry VIII in the 1530's.
Read more – https://buff.ly/3PuMcN1
We’re excited to be managing The Charterhouse in Coventry, a monastery founded in 1381.
As a Carthusian monastery, The Charterhouse continued growing until the dissolution of monasteries by Henry VIII in the 1530's.
Read more – https://buff.ly/3PuMcN1
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One map, one year... Why don't you spend 2025 exploring your local area in more depth than you've ever done before?
Local - Book Trailer
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buff.ly
January 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
One map, one year... Why don't you spend 2025 exploring your local area in more depth than you've ever done before?